Senior Program Manager, PHC and Integration
- Career Category: Exec. / Management, Health/Medical
- Schedule:Full-time
- Salary: Negotiable
Base Location: Phnom Penh, Cambodia with potential travel to the provinces
Contract Type: UDC
Expected Start Date: February 2026
Report to: Senior Deputy Country Director
CHAI is seeking a highly motivated individual with outstanding analytical, communication, and teamwork skills to serve as Senior Program Manager, PHC and Integration. The Senior Program Manager serves as key member of the CHAI Cambodia Country Leadership Team (CLT), and leads the integrated PHC and integration team. In this capacity, s/he will provide strategic leadership and management for the integrated PHC and integration portfolio, which includes CHAI’s current and future work across multiple thematic areas as detailed above.
This role is responsible for driving strategic program design and implementation, strengthening government partnerships, and ensuring alignment with national PHC priorities, with aim of contributing to evidence-based policy and sustainable service delivery improvements. The Senior Program Manager will lead cross-functional teams, overseeing business development and project design related to integrated PHC, as well as all phases of project implementation and management, including work planning, implementation and budgeting, sub-award design and management, monitoring of results and impact, and reporting. In addition, the role will spearhead strategy development, resource mobilization and donor engagement efforts, including developing concept notes, proposals, and reporting to secure sustainable financing for the integrated PHC and Integration team. The role will entail managing one or more program managers, as well as fulfilling program management functions directly for key programs including CHAI’s immunization work. A strong commitment to innovation, systems thinking, and multisector collaboration
- Lead the development and execution of forward-looking integrated PHC strategies, grounded in clear theories of change, that look to support the evidence-based advancement of relevant Royal Government of Cambodia national health policy and systems across thematics such as immunization, NCDs, AT, SRMNH, community health and other related areas.
- Lead the implementation, performance management, and reporting of the integrated PHCportfolio across CHAI Cambodia's work on immunization, NCDs, AT, SRMNH, community health and other related areas, including planning, technical and managerial oversight of execution, financial oversight, donor engagement and monitoring and evaluation across ongoing grants and cross-cutting activities.Lead the generation, synthesis, and dissemination of evidence from portfolio programs, ensuring that findings are effectively shared nationally and, where relevant, internationally to inform policy, program design, and scale-up of effective and impactful PHC and community health interventions.
- Guide CHAI’s, evidence-based, contributions to relevant government policy and strategy development, guideline updates, and strategic planning to advance PHC reforms and related thematic areas outlined above.
- Lead fundraising efforts for the integrated PHC portfolio, including identifying new funding opportunities and developing high-quality proposals. Build and maintain strategic relationships with existing and potential donors at national and global levels, in coordination with wider CHAI Cambodia CLT and CHAI’s global technical teams, to drive resource mobilization.
- Line manage, coach and support CHAI integrated PHC and integration team members, as well as consultants, to ensure effective execution of activities and grants while fostering ongoing professional development.
- Actively engage with the CHAI Cambodia Country Leadership Team (CLT) to contribute to the oversight of the office-wide strategy, ensuring strong collaboration, coordination, and shared learning across PHC and community health, infectious disease, and health systems strengthening portfolios.
- Drive collaboration between CHAI Cambodia integrated PHC and integration team and national and subnational government entities key to the portfolio, including the relevant MoH departments such as PMD and NMCHC/NIP, and MoSVY, Ministry of Interior, Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport as well as Provincial Health Departments and Provincial Administrations.
- Actively coordinate and strengthen engagement with key national stakeholders engaged in PHC and service delivery integration efforts, including development partners and civil society organizations, to promote in country alignment across government support activities, avoid duplication of efforts, and enable collaboration and shared learning across organizations.
- Engage in continuous personal learning on topics related to integrated PHC portfolio by actively participating in knowledge exchange opportunities nationally and internationally, using insights gained to inform evidence-based decision-making and enhance CHAI’s strategy and programming.
- Master's Degree in or equivalent in a relevant field like public health, development, public policy, or science
- Work experience in a fast-paced environment for 7 years as a minimum
- Exposure to global public health challenges, health systems strengthening and/or experience working with government bodies in low and middle income countries, at national and subnational level
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills, ability to build strong and effective working relationships with government and NGO representatives both at national and subnational levels
- Proven ability to successfully manage and coach teams in a cross-cultural working environment
- Excellent command of written and spoken English for business purposes, including the ability to prepare and present compelling presentations
- Technical knowledge and experience in strategy and programming to improve access and quality of healthcare services in relevant areas, such as immunization, NCDs, AT, SRMNH, and community health services, both from a facility and systems perspective is an advantage
- Experience in management consulting, research, or the private sector, with strong skills in Excel modeling, quantitative and/or qualitative data collection and analysis using relevant software, as well as report or grant writing and project management, is an advantage
- Experience managing grants from the Australian Government, GAVI, and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is an advantage
- Experience and knowledge of the Cambodian healthcare system or that of other Southeast Asian countries is an advantage
- Exceptional problem-solving and analytical skills, with an entrepreneurial mindset, the ability to work independently, strong attention to detail, adaptability, and openness to feedback
